About
Rodrigo Simões serves as a Guest Assistant at the Department of Information Science and Technology (ISTA) and as a Research Assistant at ISTAR-Iscte - Research Center in Information Sciences, Technologies and Architecture, both part of ISCTE—University Institute of Lisbon. He teaches Programming and Big Data Processing courses for the Bachelor's in Data Science program and contributes to software engineering research with practical urban applications.
His academic qualifications include:
- PhD in Information Sciences and Technologies (expected 2028) from ISCTE—University Institute of Lisbon
- Master's degree in Computer Engineering (2024) from ISCTE—University Institute of Lisbon
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering (2018) from New University of Lisbon
Rodrigo's research focuses on applying Software Language Engineering to urban management platforms and smart cities. His expertise spans data visualization, geotemporal analysis, and tourism digital transformation, developing practical tools to address overtourism challenges for municipal authorities and tourism SMEs. His technical background combines academic research with over three years of industry experience in software development for Portugal's Agency for Administrative Modernization.
His publication portfolio demonstrates consistent focus on tourism crowding management and visualization, with recent work examining pedestrian carrying capacity using OpenStreetMap data and developing digital transformation frameworks for tourism management. These publications appear in reputable conferences including ENTER International eTourism Conference and Joint International Conference on Digital Arts, Media and Technology, showing growing citation impact across Scopus and Google Scholar.
Rodrigo actively participates in significant research initiatives including the EUROSTIT project where he develops chatbots for querying smart tourism tools, and the European RESETTING project focused on tourism digital transformation. His Master's thesis developed a geotemporal crowding visualization platform specifically designed to help tourism SMEs mitigate overtourism effects through data-driven decision making.
